Sofya Zhuk

Sofya Zhuk Biography

Sofya Andreyevna Zhuk (, born 1 December 1999) is a Russian junior tennis player. She won the 2015 Wimbledon Junior Girls title.

Career

Zhuk trains at the Justine Henin Academy in Belgium and her coach is Olivier Jeunehomme.

In 2015, Zhuk competed as an unseeded 15-year-old at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships where she won the Junior Girls title against fellow Russian and No.12 ranked junior Anna Blinkova in 7-5, 6-4 sets. Zhuk did not drop a set in the whole Wimbledon tournament. Zhuk became only the second Russian to win Junior Wimbledon Girl's title, following the 2002 final when Vera Dushevina defeated compatriot Maria Sharapova.

She made her WTA singles main draw debut at the 2016 Miami Open, where she received a wildcard into the main draw. She lost in straight sets to Zhang Shuai in the first round.

In 2017, Zhuk has got to two $25k ITF pro circuit tournament finals, winning one in Naples, Florida, beating there American Taylor Townsend in the final. She also reached the semifinals in a $60k tournament.

ITF finals (6-3)

Singles (6-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2-3)
Clay (3-0)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 October 2014	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Margarita Lazareva	6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	1.	7 February 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Julia Wachaczyk	6-4, 4-6, 3-6
Winner	2.	14 February 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Julia Terziyska	6-2, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	3 April 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	3-6, 5-7
Winner	3.	27 August 2016	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Harmony Tan	6-2, 6-4
Winner	4.	30 October 2016	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Varvara Flink	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	3.	16 April 2017	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	w/o
Winner	5.	21 May 2017	Naples, USA	Clay	Taylor Townsend	6-4, 7-6 ^(7-3)
Winner	6.	17 July 2017	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	?pek Soylu	4-6, 6-3, 7-6 ^(7-5)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Anna Blinkova	7-5, 6-4

Awards

2015

The Russian Cup in the nomination Junior of the Year

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